[El-errata] ELSA-2026-71641 Important: Oracle Linux 8 libxml2 security update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-71641

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-71641.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
libxml2-2.9.7-21.el8_10.9.i686.rpm
libxml2-2.9.7-21.el8_10.9.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.9.7-21.el8_10.9.i686.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.9.7-21.el8_10.9.x86_64.rpm
python3-libxml2-2.9.7-21.el8_10.9.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
libxml2-2.9.7-21.el8_10.9.aarch64.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.9.7-21.el8_10.9.aarch64.rpm
python3-libxml2-2.9.7-21.el8_10.9.aarch64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/libxml2-2.9.7-21.el8_10.9.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2026-74860
CVE-2026-86138
CVE-2026-86140
CVE-2026-86143
CVE-2026-86144




Description of changes:

[2.9.7-21.9]
- Fix CVE-2026-86144 (RHEL-256306)
- Fix CVE-2026-86140 (RHEL-256021)
- Fix CVE-2026-74860 (RHEL-255956)
- Fix CVE-2026-86143 (RHEL-256895)
- Fix CVE-2026-86138 (RHEL-256950)